haashchiiʼ
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ha- (“climbing up”) + -si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).
Verb
[edit]haashchiiʼ
- something red slopes upward; redness slopes upward
Usage notes
[edit]This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.